Kenneth Benson

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IT Operations Executive @ Novelis
About Kenneth Benson

Strategic, results-focused transformative leader with distinguished track record leading proven high-performance teams and leveraging off-shore expertise to streamline operations and deliver repeatable service management processes and resilient infrastructure solutions. Managed shared services operating budgets of $35MM and revenues of $40MM.Insightful executive leader that has strong IT operational, financial, organizational, and vendor management experience and will establish IT operational strategies, priorities, plans, metrics and reporting to keep operations lifecycle functioning end-to-end.Most of all, I am the proud father of my son, Johnathan.Specialties: Six Sigma Black Belt (SSBB) Certification,ITIL Service Management Processes v3 Certification,Strategic PlanningData Center Operations IT Service ManagementContract NegotiationCustomer Care High Performance TeamsVirtualization/OptimizationOutsourcing/InsourcingPortfolio ManagementManaged ServicesTechnology ValuationsRisk AssessmentsBusiness DevelopmentB2B/B2C MarketingTransformative LeaderTechnology Innovation

Kenneth Benson's Current Company Details
Novelis

Novelis

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IT Operations Executive
Kenneth Benson Work Experience Details
  • Novelis
    Director, North America It Operations
    Novelis Jan 2018 - Present
    Atlanta, Ga, Us
    Own general management and continuous improvement (CI) of all North America IT applications and infrastructure operations. Providing guidance and leadership to enforce globally defined standard governance practices around application availability and service management processes. Act on internal customer's behalf in proactively handling problems and making decisions based on critical issues and priorities. Support 46 North America applications, physical infrastructure operations for sixteen manufacturing plants and one automotive solution center and the Azure Cloud Deployments for North America Strategic and Legacy Applications.
  • Novelis
    Director, Global It Hosting
    Novelis Apr 2010 - Dec 2017
    Atlanta, Ga, Us
    Led the Transition and Transformation of IT Infrastructure, while continuing to own 24x7x 365 Highly Available Operations for all Hosting/Data Center Operations Globally, Transformation completed in 18 months and now focused on Steady-State Operations and Continuous Improvement (CI).* Manage the $60M outsourcing engagement to ensure proper governance, operating budget, ITIL compliant Service Management processes and vendor relationships are strictly adhered to in management of scope and delivery of all global hosting services with a high-level of quality, team orientation and well-crafted timelines.* Delivered IT Service Management (ITIL) processes, design and operational run books and dashboard measurement systems supporting outsourcer governance and delivery of best-in-class services that utilize Continuous Improvement techniques.* Transitioned 330 Databases (DB) to Outsourcer ensuring standardized operational run books are delivered in combination with appropriate Knowledge Transfer (KT)* Offshored 90% of all infrastructure services to Bangalore and Chennai India including Core ITIL processes, Database management, Monitoring, Security, Network, Wintel, Unix/Linux, Storage, Virtualization, Backup & Recovery Services.
  • Kys Communications | Strategy, Branding, Results
    Independent Consultant And Acting Director, Infrastructure & Operations
    Kys Communications | Strategy, Branding, Results Apr 2008 - Feb 2010
    Negotiated and delivered start-up ASP operations to support this communications/ public relations firm. All processes, personnel and governance required to support this service oriented firm was delivered within 6 months and continued service delivery until achieving steady-state operations.* Created Service Management Strategic and Tactical Roadmap including consolidation to one team, implementing one gold image and consolidating active directory. Reduced Service Desk support cost by $2M.* Provided and program managed immediate Customer Ready Get Well plans for global high profile, customer visible technology problem areas. Contributed to revenue generation exceeding $10+MM.* Hired, coached and achieved full knowledge-transfer for the permanent Director, Infrastructure & Operations for this communications and public relations firm.
  • Equifax
    Vice President, Technology
    Equifax Dec 2005 - Mar 2008
    Atlanta, Ga, Us
    Decisive executive that implemented IT Service Management program using ITIL as the framework methodology – Delivered a tiered service model (i.e. silver, gold and platinum) recognizing varying maturity levels in 17 global data center locations. Improved service quality overall and efficiency improvements estimated at 32% on the low end and 63% on the high end.
  • S1 Corporation
    Vice President, Managed Hosting Services
    S1 Corporation 2000 - 2006
    Us
    Successful leader that led Managed Services Hosting and Customer Support for data center facilities supporting 400 Financial Institutions (FIs) and 2.2 million end users of these FIs producing the companies highest margin product. Led creation of the Strategic Business Plan and Architecture Strategy and had overall P&L responsibility. Revenues for this FI Outsourcing Service were approximately $40MM annually. Built strong operational team of 170 technology professionals to support a 24x7 data center and customer care environment supporting 400 FIs.
  • Johnson Controls
    Director, Global Information Technology
    Johnson Controls 1994 - 2000
    Cork, Ireland, Ie
    Division executive (CIO role) - Led Information Technology function that delivered customer and internal business systems solutions for a $1.7B Facility Management outsourcing business unit of Johnson Controls .* Effectively managed $55MM operating budget, $10MM capital budget and 215 employees on three continents keeping expenses in-line with quarterly revenue forecast.* Managed Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to improve BU operational efficiencies by 25% using a combination of staff restructuring and innovative use of technologies.
  • Mcdonald'S Corporation
    Director, It Restaurant Development
    Mcdonald'S Corporation 1989 - 1994
    Chicago, Illinois, Us
    Provided Sr. Leadership to Restaurant Development Business Partner Relationships to deliver 40% reduction in US site development lifecycle costs that created financial ‘barriers to entry’ for new Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) retailers. Co-creator RBIS Site Selection and Restaurant Development Technology Vision.
  • Kraft Foods
    Manager, Frozen Foods Systems Planning
    Kraft Foods 1986 - 1989
    Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us
    Provided all IT Application, Infrastructure, Direct Store Delivery Systems and End User Computing systems strategy & financial planning for all Kraft frozen food Businesses (i.e. DiGiorno and Tombstone Pizza, Sealtest and Bryers Ice Cream and All American Gourmet frozen entree)
  • Booz Allen Hamilton
    Managing Associate
    Booz Allen Hamilton 1985 - 1986
    Mclean, Va, Us
  • Andersen Consulting
    Senior Consultant
    Andersen Consulting 1979 - 1985
    Dublin 2, Ie

Kenneth Benson Skills

Business Process Improvement Strategy Outsourcing Cross Functional Team Leadership Vendor Management Leadership Program Management Process Improvement Management Information Technology Business Development Business Planning Change Management Business Process Project Management It Strategy Service Delivery Data Center Itil Integration Strategic Planning Erp Business Intelligence It Service Management Pmp It Management Sdlc Start Ups Business Analysis Team Building It Operations Operations Management .net Analysis Enterprise Architecture Governance Six Sigma Project Portfolio Management Executive Management Product Management Budgets Budgeting Enterprise Resource Planning Software Development Life Cycle

Kenneth Benson Education Details

  • Depaul University
    Depaul University
    Strategic Marketing / Economics
  • Northern Illinois University
    Northern Illinois University
    Computer Science

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